Seasons Greetings from
Peninsula Adventure Sports Association!
This year we encouraged everyone to keep fit in their own communities. So we're keeping consistant and showing off racer Gus Rungis' finish line photo from the BPMRvv, presented by Bruce Power. The vv was for "virtual version."
It's been that sort of year: here we are showing off the landscape of rural Quebec in our end-of-year letter. We hope you all had an opportunity to experience a virtual event or two, and hope have had an ok time navigating the pandemic. We're getting pretty pumped about turning the page on 2020, looking to 2021 for a more predictable slate of really engaging events with more personal connection.
In short, we miss you!
In the meantime, here's something optimistic: The BPMR is already on sale for 2021. Check it out here.
We can't forgo an opportunity here to say THANKS to the people who donated their 2020 entry to our causes, THANKS to the ~150 people who took part in our virtual events, and THANKS to the ~450 people who purchased registrations to the PASA races we had planned to organize in 2020 (your credits are valid for the 2021 edition of that race). Here are the dates:
Groundhog Jog
TBD for 2021
Bruce Peninsula Multisport Race
August 6-7, 2021 - on sale here ...only 7 LC spots remain!
Tobermory Trail Race Weekend
September 18-19, 2021 ...some registrations to be released in early 2021. Onsale date coming soon so
Hope you're well, and in good company. Can't wait to roll out a few new racecourses for you.
Leigh Grigg
Peninsula Adventure Sports Association
Here's the whole team: pasacanada.wordpress.com/our-team/
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It's a wrap on on our Great Bruce Trail Scavenger Hunt. Here are the lanyards won by teams that found every item on the Bruce Trail. Thanks for supporting our cause, the Tobermory Primary Place Daycare
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 In cooperation with the daycare and the Peninsula Bruce Trail Club, and with the cancellation of the Tobermory Trail Race Weekend we wanted to continue to provide vital support the event's charity partner, Tobermory's Primary Place Daycare. The daycare received a substantial donation each year from the proceeds of the TTRW. Those funds are used to help keep the daycare running throughout the winter months when enrollment decreases substantially.
This year more than ever Tobermory Primary Place needed the support of our community, so we created THE GREAT BRUCE TRAIL SCAVENGER HUNT where
- The daycare was able to raise close to $1000.00, thanks to you.
- Several racers donated their 2020 TTRW entry fee to the same daycare. You are absolute heroes.
- Gillian and Marg all helped get this challenge out to our race community who primarily lives up and down the entire length of the Bruce Trail, and
- 72 people participated in the Scavenger Hunt, hunting down up to 20 items such as waterfalls, stiles, and sugar maple trees. There were a few easy ones like "fall colours" and "single blaze" to make sure kids were engaged. Speaking of which, not everyone did well with identification (!) so some of you should note:
 White Pine (Ontario's Provincial Tree): has long fine needles in bundles of five. Butternut Tree: has smooth-ridged & greyish bark, with composite leaves with 11-17 leaflets. Sugar Maple: has leaves with 5 blunt pointed lobes, bark has long vertical ridges that curl outward along one side. The Blue Heron- Large grey-ish/blue bird often seen in shallow open water. (Editorial: OK, here's the thing, Yes, we agree the Blue Heron is also sighted on the water in the summer and fall carrying tourists between Tobermory and Flowerpot Island and, Yes, it is often is found in sentinel/plastic form in much-loved gardens and backyard ponds, but some of you definitely sparked a debate about the validity of your submissions. :-P Hope you appreciate that it's an elusive bird... and you'll have to wait a little longer for the mailout to see if were awarded the button. :)
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As part of the $1 million "Be a Light: Beating COVID-19 Together" campaign, Bruce Power will provide over $50,000 to 28 COVID-safe winter events in 15 municipalities across Bruce, Grey and Huron counties.
The events will include virtual and in-person cooking classes, museum initiatives, community art projects, virtual health and wellness learning opportunities, community festivals, online entertainment, drive-by Santa parades, Christmas light displays, and much more.
Look for hashtags online like #BeALight #InThisTogether
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An urgent message from our BPMR race partner, the Grey Sauble CA:
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Dear Partners and Stakeholders,
I am writing to you today to ask you to speak out against the proposed amendments to the Conservation Authorities Act (CA Act), contained in Schedule 6, of the recent 2020 Budget Bill (Bill 229). I strongly believe that some of the more prescriptive changes proposed in Bill 229 will undermine the ability of Ontario’s conservation authorities to not only protect and preserve the environment, but also to protect and preserve our communities.
For over 60 years, Grey Sauble Conservation Authority (GSCA) has served the interests of its residents by conserving the environment and enabling watershed communities to prosper socially and economically while ensuring resilience and safety for generations to come. From planting over four million trees, to managing 28,000 acres of land, teaching and engaging thousands of children, ensuring people build their homes and businesses in safe places and constantly checking the pulse of our environment through monitoring and restoration, GSCA has been a trusted, accountable partner to the Province and our municipalities. Today, GSCA serves nearly one hundred thousand residents and hundreds of thousands of visitors in one of the most beautiful parts of Ontario. Our residents and municipalities depend on us to deliver cost-effective services that ensure that responsible growth and development support sustainable and vibrant communities.
Several of the proposed amendments contained in the Budget Bill could significantly increase the risk to life and property from natural hazards and the degradation of the environment. As such, if you value Ontario’s environment, our beautiful spaces, and the safety of our communities from natural hazards, I implore you to act now to ensure that Schedule 6 is removed from Bill 229.
Please utilize this letter on Ontario Nature’s website (https://ontarionature.good.do/conservationauthorities/send/) to send a letter to the Government and your local MPP advocating for the removal of Schedule 6 from Bill 229.
The Province is moving quickly with this and time is running out on this.
Thank you for your support.
Tim Lanthier
Chief Administrative Officer I Grey Sauble Conservation Authority
https://www.greysauble.on.ca/5065-2/
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